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Sen. William R. Haine
Filed: 4/9/2008
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2052
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2052, AS AMENDED, |
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| with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. |
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| 2, on page 3, line 4, after "district" by inserting ", and at |
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| least one commissioner shall reside or own property that is |
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| located within a floodplain situated in the territory of the |
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| flood protection district"; and
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| by replacing line 18 on page 21 through line 17 on page 22 with |
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| the following:
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| "(70 ILCS 605/4-45 new)
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| Sec. 4-45. Flood prevention districts; reporting |
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| requirement; control. If a flood prevention district has been |
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| formed under the Flood Prevention District Act, the flood |
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| prevention district shall have the exclusive authority within |
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| such areas as designated by the county board to restore, |
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| improve, upgrade, construct, or reconstruct levees. If any part |
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| of the territory of a drainage district, levee district, or |
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| sanitary district overlaps with the territory of a flood |
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| prevention district, the drainage district, levee district, or |
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| sanitary district shall, at the direction of the county board, |
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| operate under the direction of the board of commissioners of |
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| the flood prevention district with respect to the restoration, |
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| improvement, upgrade, construction, or reconstruction of |
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| levees and other flood control systems. At the direction of the |
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| county board, the flood prevention district and its assignees |
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| shall be permitted to utilize any property, easements, or |
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| rights-of-way owned or controlled by the drainage district, |
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| levee district, or sanitary district. In addition, at the |
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| direction of the county board, the board of commissioners of |
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| any such drainage, levee, or sanitary district must comply with |
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| any requests for information by the board of commissioners of |
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| the flood prevention district, including, but not limited to, |
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| requests for information concerning past, present, and future |
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| contracts; employees of the drainage, levee, or sanitary |
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| district; finances of the drainage, levee, or sanitary |
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| district; and other activities of the drainage, levee, or |
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| sanitary district. This information must be submitted to the |
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| board of commissioners of the flood prevention district within |
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| 30 days after the request is received. Nothing in this Section |
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| 4-45 or in the Flood Prevention District Act shall preclude or |
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| prohibit a drainage district, levee district, or sanitary |
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| district that overlaps the territory of a flood prevention |
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| district from conducting or performing its normal operation and |
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| maintenance of levees under their control, provided such normal |
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| operation and maintenance does not interfere with or inhibit |
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| the restoration, improvement, upgrade, construction, or |
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| reconstruction of levees and other flood control systems by the |
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| flood prevention district.".
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